Sir ANAND SATYANAND, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At Wellington this 22nd day of August 2011
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
Pursuant to section 35(2) of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.
O r d e r
1. Title-This order is called the Local Government (Auckland Boundaries) Amendment Order 2011.
2. Commencement-This order comes into force on
22 September 2011.
3. Rates-The Local Government (Auckland Boundaries) Determination 2010* is amended by inserting after clause
20 the following:
20A. Rates
(1) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that:
(a) For the purposes of the rates set and assessed for the 2011/12 financial year in that part
of Hauraki District that was formerly part of Franklin District, the financial impact statement included in the Hauraki District Council’s annual plan for 2011/12:
(i) may be set in accordance with the relevant parts of Franklin District Council’s Long Term Council Community Plan for 2009-19; and
(ii) may provide for those rates to differ from rates set and assessed in other parts of Hauraki District.
(b) For the purposes of the rates set and assessed for the 2011/12 financial year in that part
of Waikato District that was formerly part of Franklin District, the financial impact statement included in the Waikato District Council’s annual plan for 2011/12:
(i) may be set in accordance with the relevant parts of Franklin District Council’s
Long Term Council Community Plan for
2009-19; and
(ii) may provide for those rates to differ from rates set and assessed in other parts of Waikato District.
(2) The rates referred to in subclause (1) may be set at an amount that reflects the change in the rate of goods and services tax on 1 October 2010.
(3) In subclause (1) the term "rates" includes:
(a) a general rate, including any general rate set differentially;
(b) a targeted rate; and
(c) a uniform annual general charge.
(4) The definition of "separately used or inhabited part of a property" in the Franklin District Council’s Long Term Council Community Plan for 2009-19 continues, until 30 June 2012, to apply to those properties in
the former Franklin District that form part of Hauraki District or Waikato District.
(5) Nothing in this clause limits the application of subclause (1) of clause 20.
4. Correction to Title of Order-(1) The Local Government (Auckland Boundaries) Determination 2010 is amended by repealing clause 1 and substituting the following clause:
1. Title-This order is called the Local Government (Auckland Boundaries) Order 2010.
(2) The Local Government (Auckland Boundaries) Determination 2010 is amended by omitting "this determination" in each place where it appears and substituting in each case "this order".
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of August 2011.
REBECCA KITTERIDGE, Clerk of the Executive Council.
*New Zealand Gazette, 18 March 2010, No. 31, page 858